Shoreline Stadium Case

The G&E Company is preparing a bid to build the new 47,000-seat Shoreline baseball stadium. The construction must start on July 3, 2017, and be completed in time for the start of the 2020 season. A penalty clause of $250,000 per day of delay beyond April 3 is written into the contract.

Percival Young, the president of the company, expressed optimism at obtaining the contract and revealed that the company could net as much as $3 million on the project. He also said if they were successful, the prospects of future projects are bright since there is a projected renaissance in building classic ball parks with modern luxury boxes.

ASSIGNMENT

Given the information provided in Table 6.3, construct a network schedule for the stadium project and answer the following questions

ID

Activity

Duration

Predecessor(S)

1

Baseball Stadium

2

clear stadium site

70 days

–

3

Demolish building

30 days

2

4

Set up construction site

20 days

3

5

Drive Support piling

120 days

4

6

pour lower concrete bowl

120 days

5

7

pour main concourse

120 days

6

8

Install playing field

90 days

6

9

Construct upper steel bowl

120 days

6

10

Install Seats

140 days

9

11

Build Luxury Boxes

90 days

9

12

Install jumbotron

3o days

9

13

Stadium Infrastructure

120 days

9

14

Construct Steel Company

75 days

10

15

Light installation

30 days

10

16

Build roof supports

90 days

4

17

Construct roof

180 days

16

18

Install roof Tracks

90 days

14

19

2o

Install roof

Inspection

90 days

20 days

17, 18

8, 11, 13, 15, 19

1.Will the project be able to be completed by the April 3 deadline? How long will it take?

2.What is the critical path for the project?

3.Based on the schedule would you recommend that G&E pursue this contact? Why? Include a one-page Gantt chart for the stadium schedule.

Case Appendix

Technical Details For The Shoreline Baseball Stadium

For purposes of this case assume the following:

The following holidays are observed: January 1, Martin Luther King Day (third Monday in January), Memorial Day (last Monday in May), July 4th, Labor Day (first Monday in September), Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday in November), December 25 and 26.

If a holiday falls on a Saturday then Friday will be given as an extra day off, and if it falls on a Sunday then Monday will be given as a day off.